Age of Consent is 18 Under New BNS; Marriage to Minor No Defence for Sexual Intercourse: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has held that under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the age of consent for sexual intercourse is 18 years, and sexual acts with a girl below this age, with or without her consent, constitute rape. A division bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar, while disposing of

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